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Medicine Horn
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1962
Male holding cowhorn used as a spoon for administering medicine to cattle, Starbotton ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0501. With typed note.
Medicine Horn
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1962
Cowhorn used as a spoon for administering medicine to cattle, Starbotton ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0500. With typed note.
Medicine Horns
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
Cowhorns used as spoons for administering medicine to cattle and horses, hanging on the stone wall of a cowhouse or barn in Leyburn ( Wensleydale). The horns were collected in Swaledale by Mr. Ronnie ...
Medicine Horns
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
Cowhorns used as spoons for administering medicine to cattle and horses, Leyburn ( Wensleydale). The horns were collected in Swaledale by Mr. Ronnie of Leyburn. Cattle received medicine through the br...
Horse Dosing Iron
Brunk, Wille
September 1967
Informant at the Vicarage, Danby (North Yorkshire) holding horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open when administering medicine. The implement was found in Westerdale. The neck of a m...
Horse Dosing Iron
Brunk, Wille
June 1967
Horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open when administering medicine, on stone steps at Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). The neck of a medicine bottle would be p...
Horse Dosing Iron
Brunk, Wille
September 1967
Informant at the Vicarage, Danby (North Yorkshire) holding horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open found in Westerdale. The neck of a medicine bottle would be passed through the cent...
Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals
1960-1973
This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...
Sound Recording, Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
Various informants from Leicesterrelate customs and beliefs known to them: flowers in hospital, new moon, shoes, crossed knives, hawthorn, howling dogs, cutlery, wart cures, death omens, divination (f...
"Native Doctor"
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken on 12 March 1976, of a doctor and diviner, Tanye-Tambe of Kembong (Cameroon). In his right hand he holds a magical knife, and in his left, a divining fetish.
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Wright, John T
24 November 1958
[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...
Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk
Pearson, Margaret Frances
1977
A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...